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.; A j J' t T ; ' M .' ' M V ' ; . ' M Y I h ' P : 1 GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1911. 3 NUMBER 291 "7 7a 1Y ! "t T T T"' i j -i o . .. y .11.1 W-L!zb YV' EfflPBEWlLEftl j ' Holy War Not Impossible and Massacres in Turkey or If " xiUrOpeillia xo x oai cu. jljcuiviu iiiraM iuaj woo wwi j ? tunity and Free Themselves of Turkish Yoke, While Turks War With Italy. ' Constantinople, Sept. 29.War has been declared be tween Turkeyand Italy. i tondoii; Sept. 29. News that Italy had occupied Tur key was expected hourly this moiling. The Italian ulti matum expired at noon, but the landing of troops was deferred until the usual notifications had been sent to for eign consulates. , ' ' Italy was not expected to declare war until Turlcey or dered the Italian forces out of Tripoli. 'K::::-:Xy-:;-- Europeans in Danger. Mutterings of a holy war are heard in Turkey and may result in promiscuous massacres of Europeans and the re opening of he whole Turkish question with a possibility of an European conflict. The whole Tripoli coast is block aded.''," '- ' ;' ;": 'i;':;'.'v;.;;v:''':'.' : ; 'y'.r-; ; s v Balkan States on Alert. l- In addition.to its present trauble Turkey is apprehen sive that latent danger lies in the attitude of Albania, Bul garia, Greece and other Balkan states. It is feared that they would seize the chance aey in the Balkans the moment the sultan's forces are drawn into the conflict with Italy. - FARRELt MADE O.-W.PBESIOENT J. P. O'BRIEN RETAINED IN HIS PKESE:T CAPACITY. Bly Shift Made In Offwes Miller Is Traffic Director Now. pmoj ' oli oo a a o roaiiu f Portland, Sept. 29.-A8 a result of the selection of J. D. Farrell, now vice president of the Puget Sound ex tension as president of the Oregon, Washington JRallrad & Navigation company by the Harriman directors In New York, it is predicted here to day that there will be several Import ant re-organisatlons and' changes In the local system. ? Portland will be Farrell's headquar ters, it la understood that J. P O'Brien, now In charge of the Harri man lines in, Oregon, will be made Tlce president and general manager with full power over maintenance and operation. They will report direct to Farrell Instead of the Chicago and New York ofltces. It is expected this centralization of powtr' In the west will mean more rapid development of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. YAtDETILLE EXCEPTIONAL Audiences Come Away Praising the Extra Attractions at Fair.. People who have attended the three vaudeville attractions at the county fair for which 6 cents Is charged and tor which many ahbws would charge 1100, invariably come away praising erjr feature of It. and It is generally greed that nothing better In Its Una has ever been seen here. The military does urn rvfnt1nnitl1v "smart" nd the Ben Abdlc features are thrillers The tumbling stunts are good and all Y,n H the three shows makes an hour's j amusement that Is exceptional In ev- ry respect. . Those who ha, re attenaea the shows are' walking advertisements of their features. ; : to overthrow Turkish suprem Rome, Sept. 29. Italy formally de clared war on Turkey this afternoon at 2:30 for tne possession of Tripoli War was on an hour after the Turk's reply to Italy's ultimatum refusing to allow Italy to occupy Tripoli was received here. Within a few minutes Admiral Ambry; commanding 10 Ital lan battleships before Tripoli, had be gun landing 30,000 Italian troops in Tripoli from transports. Then a por tion of the fleet steamed east and west to blockade the coast against any fill busterlng expeditions. In Mederla Is a large force, of Ital lan warships which stands, at Spezla under sealed orders and is believed to be preparing to blockade and possibly p . m Turklghj c,Ue8 ln AaIa minor. 'V It Is unknown what moves Turkey contemplatts. They may start a holy war and massacre Christians. In a statement to the powers Italy promised that the Tights of all for eigners will be protected. i i i i r GENERAL MASSACRE FEARED. Martial Law Declared In Constantino- pie Europe Alarmrd at twuteome. , Tendon. Sept. 29. The occupation of Tripoli by the Italian forces is re ported to be progressing wiwioui me Turks opposing.- Martial law is de clared In Constantinople, and a gen eral massacre of all Europeans' alike Is threatened. The dispatches say the Turkish reserves have been called to colors and dispatched against the Greek frontier. It is reported that the Turks realize they cannot with stand Italy's navy ana are uewi uim ed to attack the Greeks on a pretext hat the Hellenes are plotting to grab th.-iaUnA nf Crete. ' Both England and Germany are alarmed at the situ aeflldne oncertea ac- l IUII OUU iv " - 1 tlon by the powers In an effort to avald a general European coniw-i. Called Italian SteaL t' ' -Sf nt. 29. Italy's "robbery Tinnil Invasion is character ized here, Is being denounced by most newspapers. The German foreign of aorfnnB trouble ill ay De precipitated ln Europe by the war. WAnilmen to Attend Funeral. All Modern Woodmen are ordered ,.nnrf lit the lodge hall by Counsel Dunn at -1 o'clock Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral ot the late Neigh bor Earls. , . sei. cyiiiis ' MUEES PEACE FIRST SPURNS RIDE IN TRAIN, THEN MEETS TAFT : TWO ENGAGED IX PBI. VATE AXD WARM DEBATE ProgrresslTe Who Snubbed President T&ft In Iowa Finally Consnits to Act as Chairman of ttcweptlon Com mittee Treaty Snbjeet o! a Warm Dltecusslon BetiTeen Huh President and Mr. Cummins.. , Dee Moines, Sept. 29. Forgetting for the time his antagonist! to Presi dent Taft, Senator Cummins, a "rank" progressive, acted as chairman of the reception committee on tne arrival of Mr. Taft here today. ..... - - - . Taft was immedlatefy escorted to the Grant club where he breakfasted with 200 editors and business men. As he left the. coliseum, Mr. Cum mins and President Taft engaged in private debate. Cummins objected to some of the provisions In the arbitra tion treaty proposed by the president as too vague and suggested an amend ment. Mr. Taft finally told mm to make a phange to reserve all the pow er to the senate tn the treaty mamng. and he would accept It. Cummins said under these circumstances he would support the treaty. At the,collsnm President Tart taia- d on arbitration before an audience of 4,000. He left on the noon-train. ! CUMMINS SNCBS TAFT. V R;luse8 to Ride, on Train With presl , dent Through Iowa.' . . Fort Dodge, la., Sept. 29. Polltl clans today are talking volubly re garding the action ' of Senator Cum- ( mins who flatlv . snubbed President , Taft by refusing to ride on th presi dential train through Iowa. Governor Carroll personally Invited Cummins aboard the train but Cummins declin ed, raying;. "I would not ride on the president's train through the state al- though r would, act on a reception ; rnmmltt when fh nresldent reaches r- Mnino.-.-'T.w'a -roinnma in Tnw nas noi-oeen parucuitHiy uiai neu iui , warnin.. . ,: . c - BAR!RETT TO SPEAK MONDAY Joint Senator W1U Tulk Good Roads Next Monday Afternoon. j Barrett ' will Joint Senator C. A. speak at the county far! Monday af ternoon on good roads, giving his view of the legislation that is needed. In the matter. Ho talks from the stand point of a granger and his. lecture should be largely attended." Good Clay Found. John Anthony Is over from Ron- dowa today and has samples of a very fine clay he has located near the rail road. Letters from assay offices state the clay is especially adopted for making a high- grae ot cement." Mr. Anthony does not know exactly wnat hla move will be ln the matter but he feels that he has a valuable piece of property. ' Tha new residence addition, which has lately been. Improved with cement sidewalks and other municipal 1m- provemenis, nas Deen laneu over uy the E. S. Given Investment company. It is the Intention of tie new real es- to t and Investment firm to nut all of their onpryrr nn thin handsome niece COfKIDftLE 1 1H II rnTiortir ond sail it to those vhoUnd will h nermanent flxturea ln the fonf tn maVa homes ss wpTt as to tha tnvestlng public. '.' The terms upon which they acqulr - OLD SOL IS STELLfifi FAIR '. . i GOVERNOR WEST COM ING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FAIR BENCH' SHOW OPENED WITH " BIG SUCCESS THIS NOON SnTp-rlse'. M4e Promoters of Bench Show Crowds last Mgbt Well En. t-rta'inrd Record Crowd of Farm ers Anticipated Tomorrow Forenoon and Afternoon Old 'Sol Injects ; Spirit. ' " ' ; 1MBLER COMING AS A TOWN. $ Imbler, Sept. 29. (Special) 'S'.The whole town of Imbler .; Is coming to the county fair tomor- row and farmers in this com- 8 munlty are arranging their af- S fairs to take a day otf and see the big fair at La Grande.1 Local 4 fair boosters have been advised that Elgin and Intermediate 8 country farmers will also come $ In big numbers.- . & With Old Sol beaming down on La Grande with ant over-abundance of warmth and - smiling satisfaction at the progress of the Union county. fair, the stellar agricultural attraction is today giving way to the coming of to morrow with what is hoped to bo the biggest day In the history of street agricultural fairs ln La Grande. Gov ernor Oswald West comes tomorrow and will be heard at the grounds dur ing the afternoon. Many of the farm ers have put off coming to the show j until tomorrow, and there will be a record crowd If reports from the coun- ry are not rring today. The glide for life, presented yester day ror tne nrst time is now held at 1 o'clock every afternoon: otherwise there Is no change In the regular pro gram ln voeue. Last night's crowd. desnlt counter AttrncHnnfi nf mnnv rfpartntlnna woo fairiy good bnt ton,ent the mBnSeers look for a merry mass of humanity on the funpath. Dancing, the vaude- vIlle shows and the attractions in the to brIn; aDOUt. BENCH SHOW POPULAR. Snngnln- Exppptaionji Overnin When Entries for Show Come In. i . I With a line of canine exhibits that I 'Hr ""masses what the promoters. had honed for It the bench show opened toohv noon wua (rn line or pure' bred animals on exhibit. This con tinues until tomorrow, and it Is" plan n?d to have the dogs on exhibit tonight n that the evenlnsr revelers can see them. Tomorrow they, will again be on exhibit. The line Is varlcd and In variably shows a classic exhibit. Bly Electric Sign. .:" One of the finest electric signs In Eastern Oregon is being Installed by the Fair store. Manager Gelbel prom tses that it will eclipse anything ln this city and stand out with the best .in Eastern Oregon. It has all the mod ern appliances needed to make it up to date. ed the land from Dr. O'Connor, "the owner, are satd to be reasonable.. At the ,ot at rea80nable prlcw flnd on .very easy terms. Mr. E. S. Given and Mr. J. 8. Rich ardson comprise the new realty com ' nanv whlrh ha leased offlefs in the rear nf tha 1a Grande National bank Iji Orand business world. They (come from Seattle to this city and .have splendid eastern connections. SHIS .AID 10 OVnjE nr. nnnno i a r iiiiiuiuuuu m i Harriman Trainmen Said to Be Secretly in Readiness to Act Sympathetically hy Refusing to Handle Strika- " breaker Trains Illinois of 15,000 Ready. Chicago, Sept. 29. The union system federation offi cials senu-officially announced today that 25,000 Harri man line employes will strike tomorrow at 10 o'clock and mat 10,000 Illinois Central Monday It is predicted that w iu quii at, me nrst cau ana mat ou,uuu will be out by. Monday night. : . Brotherhood to Take Part. . , ;Y It is i eared'the strike will spread to 'every Western road. It is said the railway brotherhoods have secretly agreed not to handle any cars handled previously by the strike-, breakers. This would affect all railroads. Expect Paralysis in aWeek. (' ; Federation men predict they will have .the Harriman system paralyzed by the end of a week. President Kilne, :, announced today he had permission to order .the strike ' from every international president save XVConnell of the machinists He is willing for the Harriman men to strike ' tomorrow but wants the Illinois inen to delay until Mon- "' day' V .f,.,::.:-:;: ':'"': ; b SITUATION IN LA GRANDE IS DOUBTFUL. ; : Just how many of the 100 men S or more directly or Indirectly Involved In the strike will walk 3 out of the La Grande O.-W. shops v tomorrow, or Monday, when the & 8 atrike order comes, is not known. Officials of the union are reticent to state what they expect, but of- flcIalB of the company are conn- 3 & dent that many will remain with the work. This Is especially true ? 8 of the older men. No black-- . smiths are expected to walk out and the percentage of the men who leave when the order tomes $ will be greatest, from the ranks $ 4. of the bollermakers and machln- S lsts. It Is rumored about 25 per S cent will strike now. What ulti- ? mate results will be Is adnntted to be problematical ; both by a 9 Q Grande union men and the local officials. Chicago, Sept. 29. There Is a re mote possibility this afternoon that the Harriman wajkout will be delayed until Monday so that aft can go out together. ' . Denvr Stockade Complete. ' V , Denver, Sept. 29. The Union Pa cific stockade was completed around the shops today. The road Is quietly hlrlne strikebreakers. Three hundred and seventy-five shopmen . are , em ployed here. Portland Unionists In Readiness Portland,, Sept. 29. Fifteen hun dred shopmen are employed here. The officials say many of the older men will remain, with them. The union ists assert they will go out when the strike Is called and that In a short tlm,: thoy will have the line paralyzed in Oregon. . ' ' 800 'Frisco to Go. ' San Francisco. Sept. 29. While iv ery one of 800 shop employes of the Espee worked today, they hourly ex pected orders to strike and were pre pared to go out. 2,500 at Los Angeles Ready. Los Angeles, Sept 29. Twenty-flva hundred employes of the Southern Pacific shop are ready here for the strike. . They expect to strike tomor row. ':-?. v'-'-';,. . '. ' Senator Barrett Here, I Amone ' the distinguished visitors I who are In afl- f 'ance at the fair to I day Is Senate- arles A. Barrett of Athena. " l WJJf II I ii ry LLSI Central Shopmen to Nixmosr Federationists will strike on 12,000 unorganized employes ENGLAND IN THE EAST BUYING-". MORE STEEL.' Union Junction Not to Be riropied Re port From Union Today, " Doubt and speculation 'as to what the Central Railroad of Oregon actu ally Intends to do has made It proba ble,' at least possible, that the motor car service between La Grande, Hot Lake, Union and Cove will not mater iallze in the original plan at least. General Manager England Is reported to be In the east now to buy more ' steel with which t0 repair the roadbed ( from Union town to Union statlonl. If he Is, then the citizens of Union have likely won a decided victory In their, fight against removal from the 0.?W. railroad map, a condition,. of affair, that would arise should the original ' Central scheme to run a motor ser vice between Union town and Hot Lake go Into effect. The Union peo ple fought It so hard that It is said Mr. England Is persuading his direc tors to change the ordens. This may : or may not be true. One fact re mains that the motor car service is slow In coming to a focus, principally. It is said., because wheelage rights I with the O.-W. are not obtainable at1 rates satisfactory to both parties. , i The reported plan now Is to keep Union.' Junction on the map but al to run a train from Union to Hot Lake over the new road now being built. This piece of road Is ready for ballast ing. '": Y,:. .Y YY-i" Y-.' Until Manager England returns there is little of actual fact obtainable aside from the statement said to have been made by England that even If Union Junction and Union town were connected by new steel, effort would be made regardless of this to get trackage privileges over the O.-W. t La Grande. , ; IDTOn SK IS UP 101 f t' . Y t- 'ii Y 1 t
